Department of Science and Technology Studies

Science, technology and innovation shape life in modern societies in countless ways. Some of these are perceived as positive, others are deeply controversial. In turn, policy, corporations, the media and other societal actors influence how knowledge and technologies are produced. Science and technology studies analyzes these interactions, and aims to foster critical and reflexive debates on the relations of science, technology and society.

 News & Events

07.12.2022
 

On Wednesday, the 7th December, 5 p.m Prof. Davies' inaugural lecture took place in the Main Ceremonial Hall (Großer Festsaal) of the University of...

05.12.2022
 

Ruth Falkenberg's and Maximilian Fochler's article was published in Science, Technology & Human values.

22.11.2022
 

Congratulations to Nina Klimburg Witjes who received an ERC Starting Grant for her project FUTURESPACE!

15.11.2022
 

As of 15.11.2022, the library of the Institute of Science and Technology Studies will start lending via electronic system.

03.10.2022
 

Prof. Sarah R. Davies and Bao-Chau Pham have just published a research note in Social Studies of Science.

08.08.2022
 

We are happy to announce that Professor Ed Hackett will be our guest as a Fulbright Fellow this fall.

 New Publications

Sepehr P, Aarden E. Between straight lines and winding alleys: Streets as boundary objects in the transnational modernization of urban planning in Iran. In De Munck B, Lachmund J, editors, Politics of Urban Knowledge: Historical Perspectives on the Shaping and Governing of Cities. Routledge, Taylor & Francis. 2023. p. 179-200 doi: 10.4324/9781003312628

Mora-Gámez F. Curating Reparation and Recrafting Solidarity. In Ecological Reparation: Repair, Remediation and Resurgence in Social and Environmental Conflict. Bristol University Press. 2023. p. 258-272

Sepehr P. Post-Automobility Futures: Technology, Power, and Imaginaries. Mobility Humanities. 2023 Jan 31;2(1):164-167. doi: 10.23090/MH.2023.01.2.1.164

Fritzsche M-C, Akyüz K, Abadía MC, McLennan S, Marttinen P, Mayrhofer MT et al. Ethical layering in AI-driven polygenic risk scores—New complexities, new challenges. Frontiers in Genetics. 2023 Jan 26;14:1-11. 1098439. doi: 10.3389/fgene.2023.1098439